Solar, a battery and an EV charger planned together for Balnarring homes and the acreage around them. Our own A-Grade electricians, based 20 minutes away in Somerville, designing for three-phase supply and long cable runs.
Living in Balnarring means driving. The shops, schools and work are spread across the Peninsula, and most households put real kilometres on the car every week. That is why the solar conversation here so often turns to EV charging, and why the Balnarring job we have written up did solar, a battery and an EV charger as one project rather than three separate ones.
That home now has 11.4kW of Jinko panels across the roof, a Sigenergy hybrid inverter, 16.12kWh of SigenStor battery on the outside wall and a 7kW Sigen charger for the driveway. It went ahead without the Solar Victoria rebate, which is worth knowing: not every household qualifies, and the system can still make sense on the federal discounts alone.
Out of the township the properties get bigger. On acreage toward Merricks and Red Hill the supply is often three-phase, the shed is a long way from the meter, and tank water means a pump that stops in a blackout. We design for all of that, and for faster three-phase EV charging where the supply allows. See our other Balnarring work.
Jinko and Aiko panels; Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow batteries; Tesla, Sigenergy and GoodWe chargers. Installed by Powerband employees.
An EV adds a meaningful load, so we size the array to cover the house and a good share of the driving. On acreage there is often room for more panels than a suburban roof can take.
Tesla Wall Connector, Sigenergy or GoodWe HCA chargers, set to charge from solar when the sun is out. A 7kW charger suits single-phase homes; three-phase properties can charge faster.
A Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow battery shifts daytime solar into the evening and keeps chosen circuits running when the hinterland loses power.
Acreage often means three-phase supply, a sub-board in the shed and long cable runs from the meter. Our electricians design and install the cabling and boards themselves.
The full range is on our products page.
Tier-one panels with 25-year performance warranties, laid out for the roof faces you have.
Hybrid and string inverters, chosen so a battery can join the system now or later.
Home batteries sized to the evening peak, with backup circuits set up for outages.
Home chargers wired into the same system and set to charge from your solar first.
Our Balnarring job is written up without photos, so here are three from just up the road, each with the full specification.
Next door in Bittern, 29 new 510W Jinko panels joined the existing array on a concrete tile roof, with a Sigenergy Sigen Hybrid inverter and five SigenStor modules.
Down the road in Crib Point, 33 Jinko panels on three faces of a tiled roof feed a three-phase Sigenergy inverter and four SigenStor battery modules.
In Hastings, 33 Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on a tin roof run a single-phase Sigen Hybrid inverter and five SigenStor battery modules in the garage.
Balnarring is a short drive from the depot, so site visits are easy to book and the same crew can come back if anything needs a look.
How many cars, how far you drive, whether there is a shed, pump or second dwelling, and what you want kept on in a blackout.
Single or three-phase, the switchboard, and how far the meter is from the house, the garage and the shed.
Panels, battery and charger in one written quote, with the discounts that apply to you already taken off.
Network approval, federal certificates and any Solar Victoria application, all done before install day.
We install and commission everything, test the backup and set the charger to use solar first.
The EV charger has no rebate of its own. Here is what does apply.
Federal small-scale technology certificates come off the price of every eligible solar system at the point of sale, whether or not you qualify for anything else.
Cheaper Home Batteries, around 30 percent off an approved battery with no income test. It does not depend on Solar Victoria eligibility, which matters for homes like the Balnarring job that had no Solar Victoria rebate.
For eligible owner-occupiers, on the panels and inverter only. Batteries are not covered. If heating is next, see heating and cooling in Balnarring.
Solar, storage and EV charging all meet at the switchboard. It helps when one company does all three.
The Balnarring home on this page got solar, a battery and an EV charger in one go, designed to work together.
Three-phase supply, sub-boards and long cable runs are routine for our electricians.
SAA accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, REC 32300, and no subcontractors.
Close enough for quick site visits and easy follow-ups.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Questions about solar or EV charging in Balnarring? Call 0466 355 441.
Bigger than for the house alone. We look at how far you drive and when the car is home, then size the array to cover the house and as much of the charging as the roof allows.
Sigenergy, GoodWe and Tesla chargers can be set to prioritise solar, so the car charges from the roof when it is home during the day. Overnight it can top up from the battery or the grid.
No. A 7kW charger works on single-phase, as on the Balnarring job on this page. Three-phase supply, common on acreage, allows faster charging.
It can be. The Balnarring home on this page went ahead without it. The federal STCs on the panels and the federal battery discount do not depend on Solar Victoria eligibility, so we price those in either way.
If the pump is on a backup circuit and the battery is sized for it, yes. We agree which circuits are backed up at the quote.
Often, if the shed roof faces the right way and is structurally sound. We work out the cable run back to the switchboard and the battery before recommending it.
A site visit, then one written quote for the solar, battery and charger, with the after-discount price. No obligation.
